Merry Christmas! Sheriff Joe Makes Inmates Sing For Decent Food

[The Straight Story]

Merry Christmas! Sheriff Joe Makes Inmates Sing For Decent Food

Sheriff Joe Arpaio has his own way of getting in the Christmas spirit: he has inmates perform Christmas carols for him "American Idol"-style and serves the winner a "full turkey dinner with all the real trimmings" as opposed to the usual gruel, which the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office says "vaguely resembles an average Christmas meal" and costs 14 cents.

A press release from Arpaio's office says the man who describes himself as "America's Toughest Sheriff" would be holding a caroling contest for pre-trial inmates in "a move likely to make Ebenezer Scrooge smile."

The contest was held on Tuesday and included about 50 inmates "held on charges ranging from burglary and DUI to murder." They were judged by Arpaio, Santa Claus, and Elfis, the singing detention officer, who performed "I'll have a blue Christmas without you."

The winner and his or her cellmates would be served meals with "real full off-the-bone turkey, real mashed potatoes, and Christmas cookies - a treat not usually served in Sheriff Arpaio's tough but humane jail system."

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/12/merry_christmas_sheriff_joe_makes_inmates_sing_for_good_food.php

[Angry Dragon]

1. The man should be an inmate in his own jail

[blueamy66]

8. Yeah, let that ugly old ignorant fuck

try to eat the shit he serves.

"Dessert" is a slop of applesauce with a 3 day old doughnut smack dab in the middle of it.

And the bastard doesn't even cook the frozen "vegetables".....he just lets them defrost.

Fucking bastard.

on edit: I'm betting the "turkey" ain't turkey....most likely over-processed ostrich.

[Drale]

2. This guy is going to be on the bad end of a peasent

aka prisoner uprising.

[Monk06]

3. Arpaio shouldn't be running a jail he should be in one. But there's Gitmo so what the hell n/t

[DaveinJapan]

4. "a treat not usually served in Sheriff Arpaio's tough but humane jail system"

Wha?

Humane?

I think that does not mean what he thinks it means.

[lib2DaBone]

5. So the Sheriff is playing games with human rights and violating civil rights?

Where is Mr. Obama and our Federal Law Enforcement?

Oh.. I know.. they are busy guarding against insulaed coffee cups...

[lpbk2713]

6. Sounds like Sheriff Joe has been watching too many gladiator movies.

This personal entertainment for rewards is just like the Colliseum in its hay day.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

7. cruel and unusual punishment

Listening to people who can't sing and do, is cruel and unusual punishment.

:banghead: Sort of like Mark Twain talking about people singing in heaven in Letters from The Earth.

[pacalo]

9. I'm so sorry, Straight Story, that I accidentally tapped the "unrec" button!

I'm on my iPhone & the links are tiny -- I wanted to rec this!

This sheriff is so cruel, it's probably unimagineable what other sadistic things he does to locked-up prisoners.